TANSTAAFL

That is a well-known EEEEEETLA (extra, enhanced, extended, expanded, exceeded, extraordinary three letter acronym) in geek circles. Heinlein had it in one of his sci-fi books. It stands for

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

And it is so true for so many things. Yesterday, what seemed like a nice gentleman came to the door while I was at work and wanted to clean a carpet in our home to show my wife what a great job they do cleaning carpets. My wife drilled the guy about what he wanted and came to the conclusion he was selling carpet cleaning. Well, we've been in the house about three years now and with the dirt and mud and ick and filth out in Benjamin it is about time for a carpet cleaning anyway, so she figured she'd see how they did on the one room first and have them do the house if they did a decent job.

Oops

They lied. Sure, you could put a nicer point on it, but the fact of the matter is this guy lied. He is not there to clean the carpets or sell carpet cleaning to us, but rather he wants to sell us the Kirby vacuuming/carpet cleaning system. Heck, you can read about the ongoing nightmare pitch where they won't leave your home here http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/kirby/kirby.html and sure enough it went down just like described there. Two hours later, the main salesdude is trying to browbeat my wife into buying a $1000 vacuum. Gimme a break! With the internet at our fingertips, it is impossible to pull this junk off, isn't it? I found their same vacuum on eBay brand new for $300 and they want $1000 for it?! And for some reason trying to push my wife into buying this insanely priced vacuum will earn them a commission? I was just disgusted. I cannot stand lying for this junk. Be up front with me that you want to sell a vacuum and carpet cleaner and will show us how it works by cleaning a room is fine, but two hours on a spiel when you came into my home by lying...see ya, and don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!